News Release

Thursday, February 23, 2017

32-Year-Old Mother Carrying Her Child Is Struck And Killed By Hit And Run Driver NR17062lp

Los Angeles: The Los Angeles
Police Department Central Traffic Division detectives are asking
for the public's help in providing any information that would lead
to the identification and arrest of the suspect involved in a hit
and run collision that fatally injured a pedestrian.

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 around 6:45 p.m., Hollenbeck Area
officers responded to the 5200 block of Alhambra Avenue for a
traffic collision. The investigation revealed that a collision
occurred when the victim, a 32-year-old female Hispanic, was
attempting to cross Alhambra Avenue just east of Endicott Street.
She was standing in the middle of Alhambra Avenue, waiting for
eastbound traffic clear, when she was stuck on her left side by a
vehicle traveling westbound on Alhambra Avenue. At the time of
collision, the victim was holding her 2-year-old son with her right
arm. The child was launched approximately 50 feet and landed near
the middle of the roadway. The mother was launched into the
eastbound lanes of Alhambra Avenue and then was struck a second
time by a 2004 Nissan Frontier pick-up truck. The driver of the
pick-up truck remained at the scene and was questioned and
released. The driver of the first vehicle fled the scene without
identifying himself or herself and did not render aid to the
victim, as required by law.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and
pronounced the mother dead at the scene. Her identity has not been
released pending notification of next of kin. The 2-year-old
suffered numerous lacerations to his head and was transported to a
local area hospital for observation.

The suspect vehicle is described as possibly a Honda SUV with
damage to the left side. The investigation is ongoing.

On April 15, 2015, the City Council amended the Los Angeles
Administrative Code and created a Hit and Run Reward Program Trust
Fund. A reward of up to $50,000 is available to community members
who provide information leading to the offender's identification,
apprehension, and conviction or resolution through a civil
compromise.

Anyone with information about this collision is asked to contact
the LAPD Central Traffic Division Detectives at 213-833-3713 or
Detective Felix Padilla at 213-486-0753. During non-business hours
or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7
(877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the
LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go
directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may also visit
ww.lapdonline.org, and click on "Anonymous Web Tips" under the "Get
Involved-Crime Stoppers" menu to submit an online tip. Lastly,
tipsters may also download the "P3 Tips" mobile application and
select the LA Regional Crime Stoppers as their local program.